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#1: rsync -a --delete /some/path/a/ /some/otherpath/
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#2: rsync -a --delete /some/path/a /some/otherpath/
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The first will make /some/otherpath mirror the contents of /some/path/a, while the latter will create a directory in /some/otherpath/a whose contents will mirror /some/path/a.
 
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Latest revision as of 15:39, 28 March 2014

using ssh

# rsync -avz -e ssh remoteuser@remotehost:/remote/dir /this/dir/

effect of trailing slash...

#1: rsync -a --delete /some/path/a/ /some/otherpath/
#2: rsync -a --delete /some/path/a /some/otherpath/

The first will make /some/otherpath mirror the contents of /some/path/a, while the latter will create a directory in /some/otherpath/a whose contents will mirror /some/path/a.